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Title Analysis and interpretation in the exact sciences : essays in honour of William Demopoulos / Melanie Frappier, Derek H. Brown, Robert DiSalle, editors
Published Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 267 pages)
Series The Western Ontario series in philosophy of science, 1566-659X ; v. 78
University of Western Ontario series in philosophy of science ; v. 78
Contents pt. 1. Perception, language, and realism -- pt. 2. Foundations of mathematics -- pt. 3. Foundations of physics
Summary The essays in this volume concern the points of intersection between analytic philosophy and the philosophy of the exact sciences. More precisely, it concern connections between knowledge in mathematics and the exact sciences, on the one hand, and the conceptual foundations of knowledge in general. Its guiding idea is that, in contemporary philosophy of science, there are profound problems of theoretical interpretation-- problems that transcend both the methodological concerns of general philosophy of science, and the technical concerns of philosophers of particular sciences. A fruitful approach to these problems combines the study of scientific detail with the kind of conceptual analysis that is characteristic of the modern analytic tradition. Such an approach is shared by these contributors: some primarily known as analytic philosophers, some as philosophers of science, but all deeply aware that the problems of analysis and interpretation link these fields together
Analysis Philosophy (General)
Logic
Science -- Philosophy
Quantum theory
Philosophy
Philosophy of Science
Quantum Physics
History of Mathematical Sciences
quantumfysica
wetenschapsfilosofie
filosofie
logica
wiskunde
mathematics
geschiedenis
history
Filosofie (algemeen)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Demopoulos, William
Science -- Philosophy.
SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
Sciences sociales.
Sciences humaines.
Science -- Philosophy
Analysis
Exakte Wissenschaften
Philosophie
Genre/Form Festschriften
Festschriften.
Form Electronic book
Author Frappier, Mélanie.
Brown, Derek H
DiSalle, Robert
ISBN 9789400725829
9400725825